Paton-Churdan is celebrating National Young Readers Week this week with a variety of special activities. National Young Readers Week was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Principal Annie Smith kicked off the week Monday by taking the Principal’s Challenge to read the entire work day. She spent the day…
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Steering committee seeking logo for Bell Tower Big Top
The Bell Tower Festival steering committee invites graphic designers and artists to create the logo for the 2015 Bell Tower Festival: Bell Tower Big Top. The festival logo will be used on all advertising (print and web), T-shirts, event signage and other promotional items. The designer of the selected logo will receive $200 in Chamber Checks, redeemable at ay Greene…
Read MoreTickets available for Holiday Tour of Homes
Tickets for the 2014 Jefferson Garden Club’s Holiday Tour of Homes are now on sale. Four Jefferson homes decorated to showcase this year’s theme, Christmas Splendor, will be open Saturday, Dec. 6, from 12 to 5 pm. Tickets can be purchased from Garden Club members, and at three Jefferson businesses: Home State Bank, Peoples Trust & Savings Bank and The Printer’s Box.
Read MoreNativity Festival slated for Dec. 14
Habitat for Humanity of Greene County will hold its third annual Nativity Festival Sunday, Dec. 14, at the First United Methodist Church in Jefferson. The nativity has been celebrated through time in virtually every style of art and media. The Nativity Festival celebrates the season with a display of nativity sets shared by area residents from their personal collections. A…
Read MoreBarney and Shamrock ready for new homes
VFW Post 9599 is raffling a pair of large stuffed toys in time for holiday giving. Barney the dinosaur and Shamrock, the 2013 Wells Fargo pony, will go home with the winners of the raffle. Proceeds will be used for renovation of the post’s building on N. Chestnut St in Jefferson. Raffle tickets are available by calling Don Ihnken (pictured)…
Read MoreSnow removal around the square may become a city task
Business owners around the courthouse square will get some help from the city with snow removal if supervisor Guy Richardson has his way. Richardson broached the subject with city administrator Mike Palmer as Palmer provided his monthly update on Monday. Richardson was on the Jefferson city council prior to becoming a county supervisor. He told Palmer he had suggested as…
Read MoreCommunity Fellowship to focus on volunteers in November
Volunteers in the community will be the focus of the Wednesday Community Fellowship series at Trinity Lutheran Church in November. Volunteers Vern Foje, Dave Walker and Cassie Dozier will share the stage Nov. 12, talking about their various volunteer projects and how others can do similar projects.
Read MoreVFW building to re-open soon
Don Ihnken, post commander of VFW Post 9599, told the county board of supervisors that the post is nearly finished repairing and remodeling its building, and that the building will re-open in another few weeks. “People aren’t going to believe what they see on the inside,” Ihnken said. The building has been closed since last winter after the discovery of black mold…
Read MoreJPRD announces K-2 wrestling program
Youngsters interested in participating in the Jefferson park and recreation department’s K-2 wrestling program should register by Friday, Nov. 28. Registrations are available at the Greene County Community Center or by clicking here: JPRD wrestling. The K-2 wrestling program begins Dec. 4 and ends Jan. 29. Wrestlers will meet on Thursdays from 5:15 to 6 pm at the Jefferson Fieldhouse.…
Read MoreRichardson has public health concern about clinic-grocery plan
The unveiling of plans last Friday for the new McFarland Clinic Jefferson location adjacent to the new Hy-Vee grocery store caused at least one resident to raise his eyebrows. The clinic will be in a separate building, but there will be a door directly from the clinic to the pharmacy department in the grocery store. That worries county supervisor Guy Richardson.…
Read MoreLibrary trustee training
Public invited The Greene County Library Association is hosting a training session for all public library trustees on Monday, Nov. 17. It will be held in the meeting room of the Grand Junction Public Library from 6:30 to 8 pm. Maryann Mori, a consultant for Iowa Library Services, is the guest speaker. Her topic is “Legal Issues for Libraries.” In…
Read MoreCPR class Nov. 19 in Scranton
Jan Morlan, RN, will conduct a CPR class Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7 pm at the Marchant Memorial Library in Scranton. The class is for beginners and for recertification. Learn how to save a life with cardio pulmonary resuscitation. For information on the class, contact Morlan at 712-652-3653. Pre-registration is requested so that adequate materials are available. Contact the library…
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